Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

"It's all NEW and a RIOT too!"

1951 1h 23m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 122

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Synopsis

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As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

“It's all NEW and a RIOT too!”

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Cast

Bud Abbott
Bud Alexander
Lou Costello
Lou Francis
Nancy Guild
Helen Gray
Arthur Franz
Tommy Nelson
Adele Jergens
Boots Marsden
Sheldon Leonard
Boots Morgan
William Frawley
Det. Roberts
Gavin Muir
Dr. Philip Gray

Credits

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Director: Charles Lamont
Writers: Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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83 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.6M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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75 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Charles Lamont, shot by George Robinson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joseph Gershenson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Virgil W. Vogel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and Nancy Guild carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's all NEW and a RIOT too!".

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The take

Charles Lamont directs. George Robinson behind the camera. Joseph Gershenson scores. Virgil W. Vogel cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.6M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
375 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Charles Lamont, shot by George Robinson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Joseph Gershenson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Virgil W. Vogel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and Nancy Guild carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It's all NEW and a RIOT too!".
9IMDB entry: tt0043255 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "gambling", "gangster", "mad scientist", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: George Robinson
Original score: Joseph Gershenson
Editing: Virgil W. Vogel
Makeup / hair: Bud Westmore
Runtime: 83 min · 1h 23m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $627,000
Original language: EN
IMDB: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

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John Chard2020-03-04
★ 8/10
Certainly one of the best in the series. Our intrepid bumbling duo deliver the goods in one of the better offerings on their considerable CV. Here they are freshly qualified Private Investigators thrust into a murder investigation with an invisible man. That alone should tell you that the fun flows at a very decent clip, so with that I just need to say that some of the sequences here are comedy gold. Like a scene at a restaurant that is excellent, or Costello pretending to work the ball in the gym, and a final reel of a boxing match that really gets the laughter flowing. Watching these guys act as if with a real invisible man is wonderful, and of course the effects team also deserve praise for doing such a damn fine job with the invisible man of the piece. Not quite as good as...Meet Frankenstein, but it's darn near close. 8/10

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